A North Carolina Native Perennial That Can Keep Blooming Through August
Most North Carolina gardens hit a wall in August, when the heat and humidity cause flower after flower to fade and quit. One native perennial,…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 9, 2026
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Pepper Plants Dropping Leaves in Late-Summer Heat: Start with a Soil Check, Not an Assumption
Watching your pepper plants shed leaves in August is unsettling, especially when the plants looked healthy just a…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 9
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Potted Pepper Flower Drop in Late-Summer Heat: How Your Container May Be Making It Worse
Watching pepper flowers fall off your plant before a single fruit forms is one of the most frustrating…
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What It Really Means When Carpenter Bees Start Drilling Into Your North Carolina Porch This Summer
Spotting a large bee hovering near your porch railing and then disappearing into a hole in the wood…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 9
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If your zucchini stops setting fruit in late-summer heat, check pollination first
Watching your zucchini plant explode with yellow blooms while producing almost no actual squash is one of the…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 9
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If your zucchini leaves wilt flat by every afternoon in August heat, one watering habit is usually behind it
Watching your zucchini plants collapse in a heap every August afternoon is enough to send any gardener into…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 8
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What It Really Means When Fire Ant Mounds Start Taking Over Your North Carolina Garden Beds This Summer
Spotting a cluster of fresh mounds in your garden bed can feel alarming, but the story behind them…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 8
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Pepper Plants Flower but Never Set Fruit in Summer Heat? Here Is What Is Usually Happening
Watching your pepper plants bloom all summer while producing almost no fruit is one of the more frustrating…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 8
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What It Really Means When Box Turtles Start Showing Up in Your North Carolina Garden Beds
Finding an eastern box turtle slowly making its way through your tomatoes or flower beds can stop you…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 8
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Double Your Hydrangea Blooms This Summer by Getting These 5 Care Moves Right
If your hydrangeas look leafy but stingy with flowers, you are not alone. The good news is that…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 8
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Your Hydrangeas Leaf Out Beautifully but Never Bloom – Here’s the Hidden Reason Behind It
Watching your hydrangea push out thick, healthy leaves every spring only to sit flowerless all season is one…
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If your tomato leaves curl and toughen up in August heat, the reason isn’t disease – it’s one watering swing
Stepping out to check your tomato plants and finding a row of tightly curled, leathery leaves can send…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 8
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If your cucumber leaves turn crispy and yellow in August heat, one common watering habit may be making things worse
Watching your cucumber plant develop crispy, yellow, or scorched leaves in August is genuinely alarming, especially when you…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 8
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August Moisture Management: The Ongoing Routine North Carolina Gardeners Use to Reduce Cracking in Fall Tomatoes
Cracked tomatoes are one of the most frustrating sights in a late-summer garden, especially when you have been…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 8
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What It Really Means When Katydids Take Over Your North Carolina Yard This Late Summer
Every August and September, North Carolina yards fill with a rising chorus of rasping, buzzing calls coming from…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 8
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Early Establishment Lowers the Risk of Poor Fall Broccoli Heads in North Carolina
Fall broccoli is one of the most rewarding cool-season crops a North Carolina gardener can grow, but getting…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 8
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What It Really Means When Copperheads Start Showing Up Along Your North Carolina Wooded Edge In Late Summer
Spotting a copperhead along the edge where your yard meets the woods can stop you in your tracks,…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 8
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The Native North Carolina Tree Almost Nobody Plants That Feeds Wildlife And Shades The Yard Better Than A Bradford Pear
Most North Carolina homeowners have seen a Bradford pear in full white bloom and thought it looked like…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 7
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The Common North Carolina Hedge Shrub That Quietly Hands Ticks A Home Along Your Wooded Edge
Walk the edge where your lawn meets the woods and you might brush past a thorny, low-growing shrub…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 7
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If your pepper plants drop their blossoms in this August heat, the reason isn’t watering – it’s one nighttime problem
Watching a pepper plant fill up with flowers in August feels like a promise – and then every…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 7
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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native That Keeps Feeding Pollinators In September After Everything Else Quits
Every fall, North Carolina homeowners start sneezing and immediately point a finger at the bright yellow wildflower blooming…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 7
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If your tomato plants stall out in this August heat, the reason isn’t the sun – it’s one feeding habit you can reset now
Your tomato plants looked great in June, and now they seem stuck – fewer flowers, fruit that won’t…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 7
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If your cucumbers turn bitter in August heat, the fix starts before you pick the first fruit
Biting into a cucumber you grew yourself only to get a mouthful of bitterness is one of the…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 7
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What It Really Means When Fall Armyworms Suddenly Brown Out Your North Carolina Lawn This Summer
Something unsettling happens when a patch of your lawn turns brown in a matter of days, and no…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 7
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If your zucchini plants set fruit that rots at the tip in August heat, the trouble starts before you see it
Watching a tiny zucchini turn yellow and mushy at the tip is one of the more frustrating moments…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 7
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What It Really Means When Cicada Killer Wasps Start Digging Up Your North Carolina Lawn In Late Summer
Every July and August, North Carolina homeowners spot something alarming: huge, yellow-striped wasps hovering low over the grass…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 7
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If your cucumber leaves are yellowing between the veins in August heat, one feeding mistake is starving the vine
Seeing yellow patches spread between the green veins on your cucumber leaves in August is genuinely unsettling, especially…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 7
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What It Really Means When Wolf Spiders Start Showing Up Along Your North Carolina Foundation In Late Summer
Spotting a large, fast-moving spider along your foundation can stop you in your tracks, especially when it seems…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 7
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What It Really Means When Praying Mantises Suddenly Appear All Over Your North Carolina Yard This Summer
Stepping outside to find praying mantises perched on every shrub and fence post can feel like your yard…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 6
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What It Really Means When Copperheads Start Showing Up Along Your North Carolina Wooded Edge In Late Summer
Spotting a copperhead along your yard’s wooded edge in late summer can stop you cold, and it raises…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 6
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The Native North Carolina Shrub That Fills The Gap When Japanese Beetles Skeletonize Your Roses Every August
Every summer, North Carolina gardeners walk outside to find their rose bushes looking like lace curtains, stripped of…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 6
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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Vine That Screens A Chain-Link Fence While Feeding Songbirds All Fall
Chain-link fences are practical, but they are not exactly beautiful, and most homeowners would rather look at something…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 6
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The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Must Do To Blueberry Bushes In Late Summer Or Next Year’s Crop Shrinks
Most backyard blueberry growers in North Carolina spend the summer focused on picking fruit, but the work that…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 6
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What It Really Means When Hawks Keep Circling Back To Your North Carolina Yard This Summer
Spotting a hawk once is exciting, but seeing the same bird swoop through your backyard again and again…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 6
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What It Really Means When Wolf Spiders Suddenly Show Up Along Your North Carolina Foundation This Fall
Finding a handful of large, fast-moving spiders patrolling your foundation on a cool October evening can make any…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 5
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What It Really Means When Katydids Suddenly Take Over Your North Carolina Yard In Late Summer
Walk outside on a warm August evening in North Carolina and you might feel like the trees have…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 5
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The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Should Do When Fall Armyworms Appear: Inspect, Confirm, Then Act
A patch of ragged, browning grass can send a North Carolina homeowner straight to the garden center, but…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 5
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What It Really Means When Carpenter Bees Start Drilling Into Your North Carolina Deck And Fence Rails
Spotting a nearly round hole in your deck rail or fence post can stop you mid-step, especially when…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 5
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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native Shrub That Cuts Japanese Beetles Off From Your Roses And Beans
Every summer, Japanese beetles show up in North Carolina yards and go straight for roses and bean plants,…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 5
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What It Really Means When Green Anoles Suddenly Fill Your North Carolina Yard This Late Summer
Glance out at a North Carolina yard in late summer and you might spot a dozen small green…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 5
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The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Should Do When Fall Webworm Nests Appear, Or They Come Back Worse Next Summer
Late summer in North Carolina often brings a surprise in the backyard: silky white webs draped over the…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 4
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The One Thing North Carolina Gardeners Should Do When Spotted Lanternflies Show Up, Or They Swarm Back Worse In Spring
Spotted lanternflies have been showing up in more North Carolina yards, and the egg masses they leave behind…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 4
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What It Really Means When Wolf Spiders Suddenly Take Over Your North Carolina Yard This Summer
Stepping outside on a warm North Carolina evening and spotting wolf spiders scattered across your yard can feel…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 4
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If your tomato plants suddenly wilt from the bottom up this August, one soilborne fungus usually starts it
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By Ethan Brooks · Aug 4
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The One Tree North Carolina Gardeners Should Cut Down Now Before It Fills the Yard With Spotted Lanternfly
A colorful, fast-spreading insect called the spotted lanternfly has been turning up in North Carolina yards, and one…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 4
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If your zucchini fruit rots at the tip and stays small this August, one pollination gap usually starts it
Watching a tiny zucchini shrivel and turn soft at the blossom end is one of the most frustrating…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 4
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The Most Underrated North Carolina Native That Fills a Bare Fall Bed With Berries Birds Strip in Weeks
Every October, a lot of North Carolina yards sit bare and brown while neighbors wonder what went wrong…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 4
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If your tomato fruit cracks in concentric rings this August, one watering swing usually starts it
Finding a nearly ripe tomato split open in circular rings near the stem is one of late summer’s…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 4
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Purple Undersides on Tomato Leaves: Could It Be a Phosphorus Uptake Problem?
Turning a tomato leaf over and finding purple or reddish-purple coloring underneath can stop you cold. That color…
By Ethan Brooks · Aug 4
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What It Really Means When Skinks Suddenly Take Over Your North Carolina Yard This Summer
Spotting a flash of blue tail darting under your deck or finding three lizards sunning on the same…
By Jasmine Hughes · Aug 4